About LASA2009

LASA2009 /  Rethinking inequalities

XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association

LASA President

Eric Hershberg
Simon Fraser University

Program Co-Chairs

Evelyne Huber
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Cynthia Steele
University of Washington - Seattle

Congress Theme

Latin America has long been known as the world region with the highest levels of inequality, yet the degree and nature of inequalities vary across the domains of economics, politics and culture. The struggle to overcome inequalities has engendered social movements for centuries, and today as in various moments in the past has motivated interventions by policymakers. Many of these efforts have not been without impact, and their achievements may be underestimated by scholars and citizens alike. Yet by all accounts the distribution of assets and power remains fundamentally unequal even as the region undergoes profound changes in its social and economic structures, political institutions and cultural norms. Neither theory nor practice has grasped adequately the complexities of Latin America’s inequalities or the factors that sustain or undermine them over time. Understanding of inequalities requires insights from disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, and demands attention to the circumstances and strategies of the rich as well as the poor, of the privileged as well as the subaltern.

PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED!

All accepted participants must pre-register for LASA2009 or their names
will not appear in the Program book.

Deadline to pay preregistration
fee is February 15, 2009.

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